Saketh Myneni

Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player. He is conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2017 and represents India in Davis Cup. He won a Gold medal in Mixed doubles and a Silver medal in Men's doubles event at Incheon Asian Games 2014.[1]

Saketh Myneni

Country (sports)	India
Residence	Visakhapatnam, India
Born	19 October 1987 Vuyyuru, India
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	Nov 2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$354,975
Singles
Career record	2–3 (40.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 137 (12 September 2016)
Current ranking	No. 390 (18 November 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2016)
French Open	Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2015)
US Open	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	5–6 (45.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 7 Challenger, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 113 (25 April 2016)
Current ranking	No. 187 (18 November 2019)
Medal record Representing  India Men's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Mixed Doubles 2014 Incheon Doubles South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Men's Singles
Last updated on: 19 November 2019.

Personal and early life

Myneni was born in a small town named Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh and grew up entirely in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). He completed his schooling from Timpany Secondary School , Visakhapatnam, before moving to Hyderabad for tennis. He started playing tennis at the age of 11. His nickname is Saké or Saki.[2] He was selected on a sports scholarship in 2006 and graduated with a double major with degrees in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in 2010. His hobbies include listening to music, watching movies and TV shows.[3] He currently resides in Visakhapatnam and trains every now & then in Hyderabad.[4]

Professional career

He has professionally won 9 ITF and 2 ATP Challenger singles titles. Also, 12 ITF and 6 ATP Challenger doubles titles.

At Incheon Asian Games 2014 he partnered with Sania Mirza to capture the Gold.[5] He also won the Silver medal in men's doubles at same event where he partnered alongside Sanam Singh.[6]

He made his Indian Davis Cup Team debut at the 2014 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Tie with Chinese Taipei, where he partnered Rohan Bopanna in the doubles[7]

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Olympic Games (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 series (0–0) ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2014	Indore, India	Challenger	Hard	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–3, 6–7^(4–7)), 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 2015	Vietnam Open, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Jordan Thompson	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Oct 2015	Ağrı, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Farrukh Dustov	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Feb 2016	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Stephane Robert	3–6, 0–6
Loss	2–3	Nov 2018	Bengalore, India	Challenger	Hard	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Olympic Games (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 series (0–0) ATP Challenger Tour (7–6)

Titles by Surface Hard (7–5) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2014	Kolkata, India	Challenger	Hard	Sanam Singh	Divij Sharan Vishnu Vardhan	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	2–0	Feb 2014	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Sanam Singh	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	3–0	Oct 2014	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Sanam Singh	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–0	Sep 2015	İzmir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Divij Sharan	Malek Jaziri Denys Molchanov	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 0–0 (ret)
Win	5–0	Oct 2015	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Hard	Sanam Singh	John Paul Fruttero Vijay Sundar Prashanth	5–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss	5–1	Feb 2016	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Sanam Singh	Yuki Bhambri Mahesh Bhupathi	3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	5–2	Mar 2016	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Luke Saville Jordan Thompson	6–3, 4–6, [10–12]
Win	6–2	Apr 2016	Nanjing, China	Challenger	Hard	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–3	Aug 2016	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Sanam Singh	Guilherme Clezar Alejandro González	6–3, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss	6–4	Apr 2018	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Carpet(i)	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	Matthew Ebden Andrew Whittington	4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	6–5	Jun 2018	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Vijay Sundar Prashanth	Ivan Gakhov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–5	Jul 2019	Chengdu, China	Challenger	Hard	Arjun Kadhe	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	6–3, 0–6, [10–6]
Loss	7–6	Nov 2019	Pune, India	Challenger	Hard	Arjun Kadhe	Purav Raja Ramkumar Ramanathan	6–7^(3–7), 3–6

Asian Games

Finals: 2 (1–1)

Doubles Finals: 2 (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss (Silver)	1.	29 September 2014	Incheon, Korea Incheon Asian Games	Asian Games	Hard	Sanam Singh	Hyeon Chung Lim Yong-kyu	5–7, 6–7^(2–7)
Win (Gold)	2.	29 September 2014	Incheon, Korea Incheon Asian Games	Asian Games	Hard	Sania Mirza	Peng Hsien-yin Chan Hao-ching	6–4, 6–3

References

1. Ashish SIngh (19 October 2020). "Saketh Myneni". Sportsmatik.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
2. "Saketh Myneni ITF profile".
3. "Saketh Myneni ATP bio".
4. "Challenger Stars Reaping Rewards At US Open".
5. "Asian Games 2014: Sania Mirza-Saketh Myneni Win Mixed-Doubles Gold".
6. "Asian Games: Sanam Singh, Saketh Myneni Settle for Silver in Men's Tennis Doubles".
7. "Saketh Myneni Davis cup profile".

External links

• Saketh Myneni at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Saketh Myneni at the International Tennis Federation
• Saketh Myneni at the Davis Cup